Job sweet



Patented Deo. 417, 1895.

J. SWEET. FARM GATE.

(No Model.)

WI ZZME'SSES UNiTnD STATES PATENT Ormes.

.lOl-3 SWEET, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS TO ROBERT S.THOMAS AND N. S. \VRIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,415, dated December17, 1895.

Application led April 22,1895. Serial No. 546,792. (No model) To allwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, .l OB SWEET, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of TvVayne, State of Michigan, have invented5 a certain. new and useful Improvement in Farm-Gates; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and 1o use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object certain new and useful improvements infarm-gates, and more particularly in a sliding gate of this deseriptionand it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofdevices and appliances hereinafter specified and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewin perspective illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view, insection, showing various parts.

I carry out my invention as follows:

A represents the gate, the same being longitudinall y movable, as shownin dotted lines, Fig. l.

B represents the front gate-'post At the rear of the gate are two postsB and B2, the one being a little in advance of the other, as shown, andconnected at their upper ends by a cross-piece B3. Suspended upon saidcrosspiece is an arm or bar C, said arm being sup ported upon saidcross-piece by a bolt C pivotally suspending said arm C thereupon.Between said cross-piece and arm C, I locate a removable block D,through which the bolt passes, the bolt being provided with a nut C2.

At the front and rear extremities of the arm and to provide the lowerforward end of the gate with a roller G to run upon said plank. Theforward end of the gate may be provided with outwardly-projecting lugs aa to engage in correspon ding sockets in the adjacent post lto hold thegate in closed position.

The boards of the gate are preferably connected by a diagonal brace a',its upper end being set well forward to give full opportu- 6o nity forthe reci procation of the gate upon the rollers E E". So, too, to affordmore ample opportunity for the reciprocation of the gate, the two upperboards A and A2' are preferably projected rearward beyond the remainingportion of the gate, as shown, the rear ends of said boards A A2 beingconnected, as shown at The rear ends of the wires A4 of the gate and ofthe board A3 are connected by strips a?, the forward ends of the gatebe- 7o ing connected by strips as.

The block D is preferably maderemovable in order to permit the gate tobe adjusted ver tica-lly. It will be evident that by removing said blockand screwing down the nut upon the bolt O the gate can be suspended in ahigher position if desired-as in winter, for example, when., as is oftenthe case, it is desired to suspend the gate above snow and ice. Blocks Dof different lengths may be used in- 8o terchangeably if preferred, Soalso the roller G is preferably made vertically adjustable. To this endit is engaged with brackets G having elongated orifices g therein, abolt G2 passing through said slots and the adjacent board of the gate.In this way the roller may readily be adjusted vertically.

It will be seen that the crosspiece B3 extends diagonally, and thatowing to the location of the posts B B2 when the gate has been 9o movedrearwardly a portion of its length only, it may then be swung around atright angles upon the pivotal bolt C', as indicated in dotted lines.

By sliding the gate back about midway, its heft will be substantiallybalanced upon the pivotal bolt C', allowing the gate to be turned aroundat right angles with ease, and returned to normal position again. Byproviding the plank F and making the roller G andthe rear roo end of thegate vertically adjustable, the gate may always slide upon the plank inits longi-Y tudinal movements in Whatever position it may be verticallyadjusted.

lVhat I Claim as my invention isl. The `combination of the gate A, theposts 3' B2 set one in advance of the other, the cross pieoe B3connecting the upper ends of said posts, the arm C, a pivot bolt Csupporting the bar C upon the Cross piece B3, and the depending rollersat the ends of said arm Vsupporting said gate, said gate having alongitudinally reeiproeatory movement upon said rollers, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The eoinbinationfof the gate A, the posts B B2 set one in advance ofthe other, the oross piece B3 conneoting the upper ends of said posts,the arm C, a pivot bolt Cl supporting the bar C upon'the cross pieee B,and the depending rollers at theends oi' said arm supporting said gate,said gate having a longitudinally reeiproeatory .movement upon saidrollers and being vertically adjustable upon said bolt, substantial@Y asset forth.

3. The Combination of the gate A having boards A A2 projecting rearwardof the remaining portion of the' gate, posts B' B2 a-r ranged the one inadvance of the other, a supporting cross piece eonneetin g the upperends of said posts, an arm C, a pivot bolt Connecting said arm and crosspiece, a removable block upon said bolt between said arm and Crosspiece, depending rollers 'E E at the extremities of said arm, and anadjustable roller G under the forward end of the gate, the under edge ofthe board A resting upon said rollers E E/ and having' a reoiprooatorymovement thereupon, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this speeiiieation in the presence of twowitnesses.

v his JOB SWEET.

mark lifitnesses:

N. S. XVRIGHT, M. A. MARTIN.

